faire un carton

March 5th, 2010

faire un carton – to make a cardboard- means to be a real success, to nail it in every day French.

« Le bouquin est en tête de gondole. Il fait un carton. »
“The book is at the aisle end display. It’s a real success.”

This sentence is taken from the Advanced podcast called “La librairie”. Don’t miss visiting it.

présent : je fais un carton, nous faisons un carton

passé composé : j’ai fait un carton, nous avons fait un carton

futur : je ferai un carton, nous ferons un carton

There are many other expressions on the Web site. Visit regularly as there are new stuff added every day.

That was Anne’s native take on a French expression. Bonne journée française.

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